Tag: persecution

• THEIR TRANQUIL PLACE

  

  Their own quiet spot: the water brown from the muddy bed; the beach a mixture of sand and silt; the tree that grew out horizontally from the water’s edge before curving up towards the heavens. It was here they had first stolen away together, away from the group of friends hanging around the park in…

  Iain Kelly

  07/03/2019

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

  #writephoto, creative writing, Death, desire, Fiction, Flash Fiction, gay, hidden, homophobia, homosexual, kiss, LGBT, literature, love, persecution, relationship, Romance, sexual, shame, Short Story, society, story, suicide, Thursday Photo Prompt, tranquil, Writing, writing prompt

• THE BURNING MONK

  

  Sayadaw Ashin Nanda bowed his head. A steady stream of vehicles passed by. Drivers stared at the monk. Fingering his prayer beads, he asked for answers. The noise of the city faded into the background. He tried to recall what the scene would have looked like fifty years ago. *** Thích Quảng Đức, the Vietnamese…

  Iain Kelly

  23/10/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Literature, Short Story

  buddhist, creative writing, Fiction, fire, flame, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, God, literature, monk, muslim, myanmar, persecution, politics, prayers, protest, religion, rohingya, saigon, self-immolation, Short Story, south vietnam, story, Thích Quảng Đức, the burning monk, vietnam, vietnam war, war, Writing, writing prompt

• FALLEN TREE

  There was a time when my father stood strong. Through any storm his branches protected us. His roots anchored us to the land. His trunk solid and unbending against history. Now the turmoil of time has taken its toll. That once great man lies now broken. Torn down by years of war and violence. Now…

  Iain Kelly

  16/01/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, poem, Short Story

  dark, Death, depression, family, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, history, literature, persecution, poem, poetry, Short Story, story, syria, trees, violence, war